BOLD VENTURE
Adventure, intrigue, mystery, romance starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Together in the sultry setting of tropical Havana and the mysterious islands of the Caribbean
BOLD VENTURE
Once again the magic names of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall bring you
BOLD VENTURE and a tale of mystery and intrigue
Is your name Slate Shannon?
That's right
And this is Miss Duval, I'm very happy
Then I'm happy too, hello
My name is Cameron, I have a plantation outside of Santo Mar, sugar
Sugar? For the time being just call me sailor
What can we do for you Mr. Cameron?
I've never come to a man and beg before in my life
Then you've come to the wrong man, you don't have to beg anything from me
It's about a girl, a young girl, wild, impetuous and spoiled
No thanks, Mr. Shannon already has one
Sailor why don't you go and put a new point in our desk pen?
Where am I going to get a new point? Post office is closed
Please, it's about my daughter, it's about Cathy, Cathy and the blue moon
Oh yes, there's a gambling ship in the bay called the blue moon
Look if you're a man in trouble I'll listen to you
If all you want to do is hire someone to spank your daughter for gambling
Get yourself somebody else
Because nobody else can do what I want you to do
You haven't told Slate yet what it is, maybe he won't want it
You mind if I make my own decision sailor?
Go ahead Mr. Cameron
Cathy's involved with a man named Norton
Oh yes, I've heard of him, he owns the blue moon
How did your daughter get mixed up with a guy like that?
I don't know, all I know is that since she's met him she's, well she's changed
She's a stranger to me, she's on that boat all the time
I have an easy solution, why don't you just tell Mr. Norton to bar your daughter from the boat?
I've tried that, he laughed in my face, he told me
Hold it a minute, sailor there's a guy over there at the cigar counter, take care of him
Now go ahead sailor, I'll remember every word Mr. Cameron says and tell you later
Alright Cameron?
Well, Norton knows something about Cathy I don't
I know my daughter, it's more than just a lust for gambling
Please, will you help me Shannon?
Go there, talk to Cathy, convince her that she, she need never go back to that ship again
Please, please I'll give you anything
Put your wallet back, your daughter's in trouble with Norton, I'll try to straighten her out
You don't understand Shannon, I'm a rich man
When I bring Cathy back, you'll give me a box of lump sugar?
You're not too loud Paul, you disturb our boss
Tell Greg I want to see him
Our boss sleeps, his brain goes all the time, he needs rest
Wake him up Mickey, I've got something for him
I don't wake up boss till he asks me
Wake me up Mickey, who wants me?
It's your croupier Paul, the wheel junkie says he's got something
He can keep it to himself till you get your share of sleep boss
Let him in
Our boss says for me to let you in, I'll let
You have something for me Paul, well give it to me but make it tender because I just woke up
I was in Shannon's place a little while ago
And you had fun, rub my neck Mickey, there's a crick in it
Yeah thanks boss
Oh that's good, that's very good
There was someone else there, Cathy Cameron's father
Now the other side Mickey
He's sick with worry about his daughter
Wants Shannon to take her away from you
You three must have made a jolly group
They were so wrapped up in it, Shannon, his girl, Cameron
They thought all I wanted was to buy a pack of cigarettes
You're a good boy Paul, the thing of many talents
Shannon's coming out here to the boat, I thought you'd need to know
Paul's a good boy isn't he Mickey?
I'm better for you boss, he can't do the things for you I can do, he can't rub
Of course he can't Mickey, nobody can
That's why I keep you around isn't it?
See, see, that's why he keeps me around, that's why he keeps
Sure Mickey
So they want to take Cathy away from me and Cathy will never leave me
Because I fixed it that way didn't I boss?
Because you threw yourself in front of her car because she thought she'd kill you
That's why you've got to keep out of her sight because for as long as she thinks you don't exist she belongs to me
Till I use her up, her and her daddy's money and so clean
She loses it to me at the roulette table, clean and legitimate
Boss, this Shannon could...
No one's going to spoil it Mickey, not a well paying corpse like you, I give you my word
Look through the porthole Greg, that's Shannon's boat coming alongside
Go hold his hand Paul, then bring him to me
I want to tell him how he can't part two sweethearts like Cathy and me
You do me and my gambling ship great honour Mr Yuval, Mr Shannon
Your boy brought us to you, we asked for Cathy Cameron
He didn't want to deny me the pleasure of meeting you two
He has standing orders to deliver to me first the illustrious, the renowned
You see Slate, I keep telling you that's what we are, you never believe me
Go on Mr Norton, you were saying...
That I would have shuddered if you came aboard and deprived me of yourselves
Gee you're smooth Mr Norton, the way you talk, a waxed moustache
That's the only word for you, smooth
So you saved yourself a shot Norton, now is it alright if we go find Cathy?
She may not care for you disturbing her at the gambling table
Now what did you want with Miss Cameron?
We're going to take her back to Havana with us Norton because her father is lonesome for her
He's a funny guy, he thinks his daughter ought to spend more time at home
Any objections? I only asked you because you stuck your nose in
No objections, I only fear for you
You think you can stop me?
I know I can, however Miss Cameron is in the casino on ADEC and please sign the guest book
I'll want something to remember you by
Number 12 on the black, black pays, world pays
Miss Cameron?
What?
Mind if we talk to you?
Place your bets ladies and gentlemen, place your bets
Mind if we talk to you?
Go away
I can't do that Miss Cameron
Why don't you two try the poop deck, it's a good place to jump from
Jump from? Your preposition is dangling Cathy, your father must have picked the wrong finishing school for you
My father? Oh, you made me miss my bet
Sailor
I know, you want me to kibitz that huck game of old maid over there
Come on Cathy, let's get some air you and I
You're hurting my arm
It's an advice I use to make myself clear, come on
I made a suggestion to you before concerning the poop deck
Or if that doesn't suit you why don't you try it from this rail
You're just a kid Cathy, you've got to grow up a little more before that kind of talk becomes you
Oh, you think I'm a kid?
19, 20, kids that old and women over 40 use lipstick the way you do
Another suggestion, a girl 19 is better for you, want to know why?
I'll put my arms around you and show you
Hey, take it easy
And hold you
Okay Norton
Did you notice Miss Cameron, I only had to do it once, right in the back of the neck
Get him out of here
I think I'll give him back to Miss Duval
Don't you think I'm considerate
Bring daughter back to father who cried his need
He wave at them a face full of woe
Mr. Slate he say don't cry I go
You see Slate, you didn't make such a hobby of helping people, this never would have happened to you
That's just what a fella needs at a time like this sailor, a kind word
Now you are hurt Mr. Slate, because you love a good deed too much?
Yeah, I live for the moment when I can bring a wandering girl back to her daddy
Let Norton have her, I don't think I could go through this again
You go through with it
Your neck is my neck, I read that once in a poem
I'm going back to the Blue Moon sailor, man me real nice because I got some things to do there, I want to look good
If you go back they'll kill you, those were Norton's parting words to me
He said tell him not to come back, next time I'll give him to you in pieces
You're a complicated man Slate, I could never put you back together again
Give me another whiff of your smelling salt sailor, that ringing noise is back in my skull
You're a ham bone, that's the telephone
Shannon's place, sailor Duval
Put the Shannon please
Oh, uh huh, it's for you Slate, the man who grows sugar, he's in a tizzy
Anyway he makes sounds like a tizzy
I'll let you know, Slate Shannon speaking
Forget it Mr. Shannon, forget I've called on you, I don't need you any longer
Where are you Mr. Cameron?
I'm at home, but you're not to come here, you're not to...
Get me a clean shirt sailor, I've got to see a man who doesn't need me
Shannon, I told you...
What's this all about Cameron?
Did anyone follow you here?
I didn't bother to look, let's go inside
If they followed you...
Inside, Norton's got you scared too huh?
You don't know what you're doing coming here
Who did he threaten, you or your daughter?
Get out of here
You made a big noise when I first met you Cameron, now all I hear is chicken
Your daughter needs help, what happened to all your worry about her?
I'll kill you, I'll kill you
You're kidding
Let go of me
You're going to calm down, hey that's better
Don't let us throw you, it's just a matter of age and condition
They'll kill her
They won't kill her, that's not what you're afraid of
Yes, yes
They're taking all your money through her, killing you would be a safer investment
That way they'd get the money a lot faster
I don't want to die
I don't know why, you started something with me, now it's got to be finished
Now back to Bold Venture, our stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren McCall
And the second act of our story
I give you two words Slate, you're crazy
Yeah I get psychotic when I'm beat over the head
Now look it's three o'clock in the morning, go get some sleep
I've gotten better prizes than you on the bottom of a crackerjack box
Why don't you do what I tell you
Look, if you tried to handle the Bold Venture now you'd drive her into the rocks
In your condition you...
You've got a condition
The man said he'd kill you if you came out to the blue moon again
He said that he...
Aren't you going to help me aboard our boat?
Alright, sometimes I wonder why he'd bother
I had a spaniel once who had better manners than you
Talk to me Slate
Out of the way
Ah, come on
Now you're going to get me trouble
Who are you talking to?
Out of the way
Hey there
What do you want?
Come here
Look at the motor, wires all over the place, someone's...
Someone's come aboard
Who's there?
I can't see your face, who is it?
But you can see my gun, can't you?
Who are you?
How about you Mr. Vaughan, can you see it?
Move it a little to the left
Thanks
My, it's pretty in the moonlight
If you get that boat fixed, take it north
If you take it south you might get too close to the blue moon
Then everything will blow up in your face
I've been pushed around long enough, I've got about...
And next time I'll put the bullet into your head Shannon
Instead of into the woodwork of your boat
Want to try?
No?
See, you can be sensible
Good night mechanics
The
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You do yourself nicely on my money Paul
Your apartment, charming, the decor, excellent taste
And now that I've performed the amenities, you have something for me?
It'll take Shannon a long time to fix his boat
And you convinced him not to annoy us anymore?
It's hard to tell with a man like Shannon
It is, you're ever so right
And it's up to you my dear Cathy
If Shannon should discover you're a murderess, a hit and run killer
They'd take you away from me
And that would make you desolate wouldn't it?
You wanted me to do something?
Just tell me, don't claw at me like a fat cat
Emotions have their way with you don't they my dear?
All right, call Shannon's place
Ask for Miss Duval
Tell her to come here because you need her so desperately
You do need her Cathy
So you won't waste your precious life away in prison
Shannon's place, Sarah Duval speaking
This is Cathy Miss Duval
Cathy Cameron, is Mr. Shannon there?
No, he's sitting up with a sick boat, he's half-naked
Good, listen, you must come here alone
16 for sale Gomez, apartment 12
In ten minutes if it matters to you whether I live
Well that's the other side of town
How do I get there this time of night? There are no gabs
What do I do? Wave a wand over a pumpkin?
Oh you must, please, find a way
Well maybe King Moses will lend me his jalopy
What's wrong Cathy? Why do you want...
In ten minutes Mr. Duval
The way you wanted it Greg?
Your choice of words was exquisite my dear
And it is a matter of whether you live
Hey watch out you crazy fool
Look I didn't see you, you're hurt aren't you?
I'll go get help
Hey there
I'm glad to see somebody, this man...
I saw what happened
Get a doctor will you?
Your car was weaving from side to side, you ran this man down
What are you talking about? He just ran out in front of the car
And you tried to run away, if I hadn't stopped you
You'd have just left the man lying there
You know something?
You don't have anything to worry about as long as you listen to me
You know something? No, your voice fits your face
First it was your face, you spin the wheel on the blue moon
And your voice happened a little while ago, aboard our boat
Wait a minute
It doesn't matter who I am, you hit that man
Ouch! Are you out of your mind lady?
Did I pinch you too hard? You're supposed to be dead
Hey we got a clever one in our hands Paul
Yeah, she's done being clever
Throw her in the car Mickey
The boss will tell you where to throw her after that
Welcome Mr. Slate, I got coffee perking for you in the kitchen
Thanks King, you didn't have to wait up for me
What I have and have not to do Mr. Slate is my own affair
I go bring your coffee
No, not coffee, stay here King, sing to me
Right now I need sleep
I do not think sleep will come to you Mr. Slate
You just sit there and watch it
It will not come because Miss Salo is not here
She watched her own Havana this time and I'd let her, I got other things on my mind
Two hours ago there came a phone call
Miss Salo scribble address on pad, borrow my auto
Here is the address, I think you better go look for her Mr. Slate
Because you're afraid she'll abscond with that heap
Take 20 bucks out of the register King, that will take care of it
Because the call came from Miss Kathy Cameron
I told you sleep would not come Mr. Slate
You banging on the right door Mr.
Yeah, banging on the right head
Now we'll drag you inside
Come on, up on your feet
Get with it Buster, start talking
What's the matter with you?
Up, this is where we were 10 seconds ago, start talking
Not going to get you any place Shannon
You know my name
That's for taking the liberty
What did you do with Sailor?
Blue moon, she's there
How come she's there?
You're going to answer me Buster because you happen to be fresh off the blue moon
You're the guy who spins the roulette wheel
I tried to frame her, didn't work
How?
Make like hit and run, blackmail
The old guy, Mickey, he used to make a living at it
Run in front of the car, make out he's hurt
People get scared, pay off
Sailor was too smart
Didn't bite
Same gambit you pulled on Kathy Cameron
I'm not up at Shannon
You know for a guy who spins the roulette wheel all day
How come you keep one in your apartment?
Hobby
Hobby, and you'll enjoy this
I read where a croupier in Monte Carlo practiced and practiced
He got good, he could put that ball in the black slot or the red slot almost every time he wanted
You're buying grief
He couldn't do it every time but his average was great
All right, all right
Like you and Norton are doing to Kathy Cameron
Blackmailing her on a hit and run caper, she pays her off by playing the wheel, loses money every night
Knows it's rigged against her and can't do anything about it
Stealing money legal
Because I woke you from a deep sleep
I give it back to you
Hey, amigo, your boat for hire?
Let me hear your number, senor
Five bucks
Not the right number
Try Carlos with the cat boat
Ten, ten bucks
Put your money where my hand be
Here, eight bucks and change
Blue moon, skipper, she's naked a few miles out
First, I can't think straight
I'm not going to do it
I'm going to do it
I'm going to do it
I'm going to do it
Look, you want the blue moon, senor?
Then let me count the change
Ninety-seven, 98, 99
Oh, here is the other penny
You, you almost didn't make it, senor
You want I should wait for you, senor?
Yeah, wait
I give you a hand up the side
There's rope hanging down from the side
Just hold the end of it
I'm going up hand over hand
And I'll pick a cabin, Shannon
And see how your luck is
Sailor, sailor
Sailor
Hey, it's the middle of the night
Yeah, isn't it, though?
I'll get back to you
Sailor
Is that you, Slade?
Let me in
I can't, the door's locked
You got a hairpin?
What's the matter?
Night wind, playing hard, what do your hair do?
Slip it under the door
All right, here
Where did you learn how to pick a lock?
A friend of mine taught me
Gee, that reminds me, I owe her a letter
Stay like this, sailor
It's been too long since I felt your arm against my cheek
Just think, all this while there's only been a hairpin
Get back in there, sailor
Get your hair up, I'll be back
Get away, Shannon
You made a mistake, Shannon
I'm going to find you in that boiler room and kill you
I see you, Shannon
I've got to hand it to you, Shannon, you tried
Too bad you had to die on a coal pile
You almost did
Come on down to the coal pile with me
I'll bring you
Start with this
I can still hear you
I can't hear you anymore now, Norton
Slade, are you all right?
Look, I spoiled the nice clean shirt you washed for me
I'll wash your other one
First there's a couple of guys on this boat
I've got to collect them for the police
What about Kathy?
She's got nothing more to worry about
Her father can get her
Well, it happened again, Slade
You did your good deed and you got your lumps for it
Don't you get tired of it
Till the next time
Let's get out of here, sailor
There, she's all fixed, sailor
The last wire's in place
The bold venture's going to run like a dream
Fine, where are we going?
I didn't say we were going any place
I just said the bold venture'd run like a dream
You want to hear it?
If it makes you happy
All right, wait till you hear that motor purr
What kind of a dream does that sound like?
I had it running a minute ago
Let me try
What'd you do to it?
Touched it gently
You want to see how?
See?
Your eyes, your cheeks, your lips
You purr too, don't you?
Full speed ahead, sailor
It's a smooth sea tonight
And so our two stars, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Have brought to a close our latest bold venture story
Special music was composed and conducted by David Rose
May we invite you to listen again next week at this time
For another exciting adventure starring
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Together in Bold Venture